Working on Illustrations

The last piece of my recent commission.Here goes a photo to celebrate the completion! Gonna post the work soon to the client.Hope they'll like them.

Work Space

Character Design

In summer this year, one of my friends' friend emailed me about a project. A yoghurt shop in Shanghai owned by her friend wants to find an illustrator to create monthly comic series around their brand character, in the same simple style with colour pencils and with Chinese characteristic. She saw the Haibao comic I did for Shanghai Squared, and thought this similar commission might fit me.

The cartoon character is the girl you can see below. I did several samples. It's not some style I usually do. I liked the ideas and effects I came out with though.And I was interested in the project much. So I applied for the position. But shame they've never got back to me.

The Framed Painting

my paintings in mum's apartment

Old Drawings

The player happened to play Daydream's piano music. The very past burst to my mind.When I was in uni, I hated accounting as my major. At that time I skipped classes to stay in the dorm to draw. With music, I kept drawing different portraits one after another, sometimes with tears dropping. My heart continued to be sensitive. Drawing was the way to let my sentiments out. It was my way to heal. I couldn't help looking back at some old drawings drawn at that time, about 5-6 years ago.

Once there was a girl,

You've no ideas what she'd been through

You don't know she was such something blue

a bird singing gloomy songs

The first time her wings broke

she realised she actually had them in two

The first time her heart broke

she believed her feelings were so true

that others could hurt but could never deprive

From then on, she started the long trip seeking home

Rather suffered than numb

--- Robin





















listening to Dreaming

"I'm Rich"

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Cold Seashore

Get Summer Back

It snowed again, heavily. I'd like to get more warmth a bit through thinking of some summer colour. So I did these.

The End of Autumn

With the first snow in Shenyang, I realised autumn has really ended. Here's a little piece of autumn colour for you all, from my sketchbook.

Frost

Many eyes are covered by the splendid world

not be able to see the truth

The truth lies in the heart

only if you listen to its rhyme

you could be free

 

Listening to Chris Garneau's So Far

Mum Sleeping

 

Tree Bark

Bleak wind, visits the hollow wilderness

Whistling an lonely tale

It was recorded on a piece of tree bark

You peeled off remember?

It was a promise on behalf of leaves, stars and squirrels

Beautiful flowers grew on the tree

But it's never told how long it lasts

The next autumn, I was left alone

around the tree where the bark's from

fallen leaves, full of the memory trail

----Robin



Inspired by  Ólafur Arnalds'  Ljósið

The Horse

Listening to Ladytron's White Elephant 

Illustrations for Focus on Dalian

Early this month I was commissioned to do two editorial illustrations for the new issue Focus on Dalian magazine. This is my first time to work with them.Focus on Dalian is a bimonthly magazine created by people from different countries which is like a local platform with multi-cultural vision. I read some of its issues when I was living in Dalian. Didn't expect that they would contact me for contributions one day.



You can read the online version here: http://issuu.com/focus-on-dalian

And here are the two illos for your clearer views.

Nature Healing

The world is always a big drama played everyday

silently, insolently, subtly...

An Old Tree

One night I dreamed of a tree

An old story was revealed

That was hundreds of years ago

A girl heard a constant call from a tree

and came a long way to it

She realised that there was something she needed to see

So she was waiting there under the tree for years and years

until one day a young man travelled here

Then they knew

Published Illustration for Annalemma Magazine

I did an illustration for a fiction for Annalemma Magazine which was just published this week.  The story is about an online relationship between a woman and a man which involves much of human's emotions and their longings for being not lonely. It's beautifully written.Have a read of the story here.



 

Annalemma magazine is "a literary and arts journal printed biannually and updated weekly online. Founded in 2007 with the expressed mission of engaging as many people as possible in the life-changing experience of telling good stories, Annalemma’s print issues are a lavish celebration of colorful artwork and photography that accompany short stories and essays from writers of all ages, nationalities, disciplines and echelons of the publishing world."

Long Scaled Chinese Painting

Asked by my mum, I did a Chinese painting with the length of 2 meters since we have an old long frame. I painted lotuses, one of my favorite flowers which stands for purity, cannot be stained by the society.The working space is poor.I only have one small table and two chairs to put the paper and all the gears. But the painting turned out okey enough to statisfy mum.

More Paintings of Miao People

A Golden Dream

by colour pencils and watercolour

A Golden Dream

In this painting, I tried a different style by only using colour pencils.



And the detail of the painting



 

Peking Opera Roles- Qingyi

Qingyi- refers to young or middle-aged women with gentle and refined dispositions

Portrait Commission- Kids

Did three portrait paintings asked by my friend Kevin to photographs. Watercolour and pencil on paper.

If you want to give a portrait painting as a special present, contact me for more details. 

Featured on Creative Crossing

One of my work from the series "I'm Here You're Not There" is featured on Creative Crossing- an online platform for artists, designers and all creative people. Thanks! Click the image to go to the article.

Those Women

I think those people who are studying art at school as they love it, who have opportunities to pursue art abroad as they love it, who are doing art as their career as they love art, are admirable.

我觉得那些在大学里学习艺术的人，那些出国深造艺术的人，那些有机会把艺术作为事业的人......是令人羡慕的。

Chinese Painting of An Old Miao Woman

Inspired from travelling in Miao villages. I like the people there, their costume and their lifestyle.

Farmers from Shaanxi Countryside

These Chinese paintings are inspired by travelling in Shaanxi.

Chinese Painting Practice

Singing Competition



Reflection